It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the concept of an Apple tablet. It would be a great machine for commuting allowing me to keep up with news and email on-the-go. New reports indicate that Apple may be close to releasing such a beast in 2007.
Month: November 2006
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. closed at an all time high last Tuesday, rising $2.13 or two percent to close at $88.60 per share. Investors seemed responsive to recent analyst predictions that 14 million iPods will be sold within the current fiscal quarter. Speculation has also risen about an upcoming Apple cell phone, nicknamed the […]
Platform Crisis: The Tentacles of Legacy
After reliance on isolationist development using proprietary technologies, the second factor of platform crisis involves embracing the suffocating tentacles of long term legacy support. Here’s how legacy plays into the past, present, and future plans of Apple and Microsoft, and what it means for users of their products. Read More… Contributed by: Daniel Eran, RDM
SF Chronicle Goo Goo Over MacBook Pro
This machine, this silky hunk of aluminum and wire and divine Chinese factory-made love, was recently delivered into my hands by a squad of naked cooing angels who all happened to look exactly like Jenna Jameson or perhaps Eva Green and who also gave me a free foot massage and four hits of premium Ecstasy […]
How Apple and Microsoft have both used and fallen prey to four factors of software development disaster in the past and today. Read More… Contributed by: Daniel Eran, RDM